Hamming Awards - Dudley Knox Library
Richard W. Hamming Annual Faculty Award Honorees
The Richard W. Hamming Faculty Awards honor Naval Postgraduate School faculty members who demonstrate a commitment to interdisciplinary scholarship and to exceptional teaching skills.
Hamming Teaching Award honorees are recognized at the September graduation awards ceremony.
This award is established with resources provided by Mrs. Wanda Hamming, widow of Professor Richard W. Hamming, and sponsored by the Naval Postgraduate School Foundation.
The purpose of this award is to recognize a member of the faculty at NPS who has done an excellent job in the classroom as evidenced by the students' mastery of the course material; thesis supervision; and has contributed to NPS students' education beyond the classroom. It complements the Schieffelin Award by emphasizing excellence beyond the classroom. (NPSINST 1650.lG, 23 May 19)
| Year | Faculty | Department |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Frank Narducci | Physics |
| 2023 | Anthony Mustafa Canan | Information Sciences |
| 2022 | Douglas Van Bossuyt | Systems Engineering |
| 2021 | David Alderson | Operations Research |
| 2020 | Rachel Sigman | National Security Affairs |
| 2019 | Lyn Whitaker | Operations Research |
| 2018 | Naazneen Barma | National Security Affairs |
| 2017 | Heather Gregg | Defense Analysis |
| 2016 | Ralucca Gera | Applied Mathematics |
| 2015 | Aruna U. Apte | Operations and Logistics Management |
| 2014 | Michael Freeman | Defense Analysis |
| 2013 | Ronald D. Fricker, Jr. | Operations Research |
| 2012 | Keenan D. Yoho | Operations and Logistics Management |
| 2011 | Tom Murphree | Meteorology |
| 2010 | Rene Rendon | Acquisition Management |
| 2009 | Thomas W. Lucas | Operations Research |
| 2008 | Ralph (Clark) Robertson | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| 2007 | Herschel Loomis | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| 2006 | Rob Dell | Operations Research |
| 2005 | Gail Thomas | National Security Affairs |
| 2004 | Shu Liao | Management |
| 2003 | John McEachen | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| 2002 | Phil Durkee | Meteorology |
| 2001 | John Arquilla | Special Operations Academic Group |
| 2000 | Alice Crawford | Systems Management |
Hamming Interdisciplinary Award honorees are recognized at the March graduation awards ceremony.
This award is established with resources provided by Mrs. Wanda Hamming, widow of Professor Richard W. Hamming, and sponsored by the Naval Postgraduate School Foundation.
This award recognizes innovative accomplishments that support and enhance interdisciplinary activities at NPS. Such contributions might include creative course materials in interdisciplinary courses or particularly effective mentoring of students in interdisciplinary courses or curricula. Research that advances interdisciplinary solutions to contemporary military problems and issues will enhance the nomination. (NPSINST 1650.1G, 23 May 19)
| Year | Faculty | Department |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Preetha Thulasiraman; Derek Olson | Electrical and Computer Engineering; Oceanography |
| 2024 | Mara Orescanin | Oceanography |
| 2023 | Douglas Van Bossuyt | Systems Engineering |
| 2022 | Marko Orescanin; Bonnie Johnson | Computer Science; Systems Engineering |
| 2021 | Amela Sadagic; Giovanna Oriti | Computer Science; Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| 2020 | Quinn Kennedy | Operations Research |
| 2019 | Oleg Yakimenko | Systems Engineering |
| 2018 | James Scrofani | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| 2017 | David Alderson | Operations Research |
| 2016 | Jeffrey Appleget | Operations Research |
| 2015 | Scott Jasper | National Security Affairs |
| 2014 | Susan M. Sanchez | Operations Research |
| 2013 | Timothy H. Chung | Systems Engineering |
| 2012 | Richard Christopher Olsen | Information Sciences |
| 2011 | Ronald E. Brown | Physics |
| 2010 | James Clay Moltz | National Security Affairs |
| 2009 | Keith Snider, Jim Greene | Acquisition Management |
| 2008 | Jeff Kline | Operations Research |
| 2007 | Brij Agrawal | Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering |
| 2006 | Don Brutzman | Information Sciences |
| 2005 | Alex Bordetsky | Information Sciences |
| 2004 | Paul Stockton | National Security Affairs |
| 2003 | Ted Lewis | Computer Science |
| 2002 | Dave Netzer | Aeronautics & Astronautics |
| 2001 | Don Gaver | Operations Research |
| 2000 | Chuck Calvano | Mechanical Engineering |